FasCat Cycling Training Tips Podcast
The official podcast of FasCat Coaching, based in Boulder, CO. Coach Frank "Big Cat" Overton shares his extensive experience as a cycling coach to help you ride faster through training and racing tips, nutrition, and beyond.
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Build your own custom training plan with AI
09/27/2024
Build your own custom training plan with AI
We get faster when we follow a training plan, but stock plans have obvious limitations. Therefore, creating a plan that is customized to your goals and your available time to train is ideal - and that is exactly what we talk about here. We begin with three simple but important questions: What are you training for? When is your target event? How much time do you have to train? From there, we can build a plan just for you. And by ‘we’, we mean you and CoachCat, our AI-powered training app that incorporates all 20+ years of our professional coaching knowledge.Our custom training plan builder uses the most advanced periodized training plan system in the industry. We took our five star rated plans, proven by thousands of athletes just like you (read our five star reviews) and modified them based on athlete feedback to developed this technology. -- Go give it a try for free for a month - no credit card required. Simply download the CoachCat app and answer those three questions. ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.
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The Three Things Good Coaches Do For Athletes
09/20/2024
The Three Things Good Coaches Do For Athletes
At FasCat, we've been helping athletes improve for more than 20 years. But how? In this podcast, Isaiah Newkirk and Frank Overton break down the three primary things good coaches do: We tell athletes what to do We analyze data to let athletes know if they are doing it right and improving We tell athletes what to do next based on our experience, sports science and the athlete’s feedback Then, Isaiah and Frank walk you through the specifics of what the coached athlete journey looks like at FasCat, from the initial consultatoin and custom plans to ride analysis, communication frequency and type, power meter and wearable data analysis, and much, much more. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance.
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Weight Lifting for Cyclists
09/13/2024
Weight Lifting for Cyclists
The road to a faster, fitter you in 2025 leads straight through the weight room in 2024, and in this podcast FasCat Founder Frank Overton walks us through exactly what that looks like. Frank breaks down the what, the why, the when and the how, leaving you empowered with the knowledge of how to steadily and safely improve your strength and stability. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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The 'No Training Plan' training solution
09/06/2024
The 'No Training Plan' training solution
As effective and gratifying as following a carefully crafted training plan can be, sometimes you just want to ride... And that can be impactful training, too! Especially here in the fall, riding on a weekly rhythm of taking some days off, and going hard and/or long on other days is a great recipe for mental and physical health. On this solo podcast, FasCat Founder Frank Overton breaks down exactly how you can train effectively without following a training plan, the limits of this approach, and how you can use Coach Cat for guidance along the way. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Annual Training for your best year yet (in '25) starts now: Four coaches explain the process
09/02/2024
Annual Training for your best year yet (in '25) starts now: Four coaches explain the process
Hoping to have your best year next year is not a strategy. But you absolutely CAN have your best year ever next year with some planning, starting now. In this podcast, Coaches Allie, Frank, Jake and Andrew walk you through what you need to do when, starting with taking an actual, legit, no-bike riding break once your season wraps up. Then what? Well, give this podcast a listen, and then ask Coach Cat or a FasCat Coach any follow up questions you may have. -- Show Notes: Using Power Data to Review Your Season: https://fascatcoaching.com/blogs/training-tips/using-power-data-to-review-your-season Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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How to Plan for Next Season
08/26/2024
How to Plan for Next Season
This is the third podcast in an eight-pod how-to series. Last episode we talked about 14 ways to review your season, and on this podcast we discuss how to map our next season for maximum results and fun. Coach Jake Rylewski raced as a professional for many years, and he breaks down the full-year planning methodology for three types of athletes: coached riders CoachCat subscribers self-coached athletes Ready to take your training to the next level? Subscribe to CoachCat for unlimited training plans and access to FasCat coaches who can answer your training questions.
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Your training questions answered! By FasCat Founder *and* CoachCat AI
08/09/2024
Your training questions answered! By FasCat Founder *and* CoachCat AI
Here at FasCat, we have been answering your training questions for more than 20 years, and we've done 27 'Ask a FasCat' podcast episodes. On today's pod, we have a special iteration featuring questions from 21 email subscribers that are answered both by CoachCat - our expert AI inside the FasCat App - and FasCat Founder Frank Overton. Frank feeds the questions into CoachCat, reads CoachCat's responses, and then adds his own expert analysis. Both offer some surprising answers! -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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What the best coaches tell athletes ahead of their 'A' race
08/02/2024
What the best coaches tell athletes ahead of their 'A' race
With your big event coming up, you should have almost all your training behind you. All the hay is in the barn. But even the best training alone isn't a complete recipe for success on race day. Showing up and just hoping for the best will always pale in comparision to showing up prepared, having considered and planned for key variables like: nutrition equipment course terrain aid station logistics race-day transportation logistics In this podcast, FasCat Coaches Sierra, Jake and Frank walk you through the discussions they have with their one-on-one coached athletes to make sure all the i's are dotted and all the t's are crossed. Are you prepared for you next big race? Are you sure? If you are a FasCa one-on-one athlete you may have heard this before. If you’d like to be you can hire Coach Jake, Coach Sierra or an of the FasCat Coaches on our website, . We even have a super double-secret coaching deal going on right now through August 10. If you are a FasCat app subscriber - you are in luck because CoachCat is trained on this, too! All you gotta do is ask and tell. That’s right: chat with CoachCat and say, “what should my aid station strategy be for ___ race?” Ask about the Coursee, Pacing, Equipment, Nutrition, where should I eat and drink, nutrition, equipment... whatever you like! CoachCat has got your back! If you’d like to try CoachCat for free for one month head over also to - start a free trial, no credit card is required and after that you can save 43% when you sign up with us for the year. 43%! That brings the monthly price down to less than $20 a month. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Altitude Training: What, why and how - including if you don't live in the mountains!
07/26/2024
Altitude Training: What, why and how - including if you don't live in the mountains!
More altitude can mean more power... eventually. Training at altitude - or even just sleeping at altitude - can increase your red blood cell production, which means more oxygen to your muscles and therefore more power output. There are other benefits, and many caveats. And we get into those. But what about riders who don't live at or near altitude - and who have a high altitude race like Leadville 100 or SBT GRVL coming up? Well, we'll get into that, too. On today's podcast Coach Frank is joined by Coach Elliott, who falls into that "I live near sea level and I'm doing Leadville in a few weeks" camp. Elliott explains what he's been doing to prepare, and how he is coaching his athletes for Leadville and SBT GRVL. You might not be able to do nine week at altitude like Tour de France stage winner Victor Campenaerts, but there are things you can do! -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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What's the best power meter? We've reviewed files from them all!
07/19/2024
What's the best power meter? We've reviewed files from them all!
For 22 years we have analyzed files from every single type of power meter on the market, and as coaches and riders we have used a whole heck of a lot of them ourselves. Considering buying a power meter? Well, the Big Cat just got a new bike and bought a new power meter, and he went with a brand he had never bought before. Here, we walk you through the five considerations when buying a meter. Compatibility Trust in the data Drivetrain considerations The type of meter you SHOULDN'T get Price is less and less a consideration as they have all come down (remember SRM’s were $3k og) all are around $400 give or take 50-$100 Give it a listen, and let us know what your experience with power meters has been. We're here to help! -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Live! Special edition podcast with your training questions answered
07/12/2024
Live! Special edition podcast with your training questions answered
We're always game for trying something new here at FasCat, and this week we did a live session on YouTube where we took your questions while recording this podcast. We answer things like: Does the FasCat app work with sports besides cycling? How can I know if I can trust auto-detected FTP increases? Who answers user questions inside the FasCat app? When is the Zwift integration coming? How can I best do my specific workouts outside? Why is erg mode bad for intervals inside? When doing a Zone 2 ride, is it okay to pedal in other zones to get over hills and things? And much more! -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Six Aspects of Gravel Training to Implement Now
06/28/2024
Six Aspects of Gravel Training to Implement Now
It's the summer of gravel, and we've got some proven techniques for you to step up your gravel game starting now. On this podcast, Coaches Frank Justin break down six aspects of gravel training you can use now: mindset gravel specificity workouts for gravel simulation rides gravel training plans nutrition Fresh back from the Belgian Waffle Ride, we are surfing the highs (and the lows!) of gravel racing with you. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Get faster all summer with our heat acclimation protocol
06/21/2024
Get faster all summer with our heat acclimation protocol
Riding in the heat of summer can be hard, but why exactly is that, and how can you train your body to perform better? In this podcast, Coaches Ricky Arnopol and Andrew Giniat explain: heat acclimation for cycling what happens to the body when it's hot the heat acclimations that occur with the proper training the performance benefits of heat acclimation methods for accclimation and some practical actions you can take now to better equip yourself In addition to working with athletes all over, Ricky and Andrew are both racing professionally now, and have plenty of experience training and racing in brutal heat. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Dad Watts! How to train as a busy parent + shout outs to our dads
06/14/2024
Dad Watts! How to train as a busy parent + shout outs to our dads
As a father to five, Coach Jake knows a thing or two about earning and keeping those Dad Watts. On this podcast, he and dad-to-be Coach Christian talk about various strategies for taking care of your family and training when time allows. They discuss how to maximize the benefit from those precious hours on the bike. We also give a few shouts outs to our own fathers. Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there! -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Inside Unbound Gravel with Lauren De Crescenzo + her coach & 100mi winner Elliott Baring
06/05/2024
Inside Unbound Gravel with Lauren De Crescenzo + her coach & 100mi winner Elliott Baring
Lauren De Crescenzo sent a solo flyer at Unbound Gravel 2024 in hopes of repeating her 2021 victory. How did it work out? What did the chaos of the race look like from her perspective? And what are the takeaways for going forward in racing and training? Lauren speaks with her Coach Elliott Baring all the time, and on this special episode we bring you inside their post-Unbound debrief. Elliott is too humble to brag, so we'll do it for him - the dude won the 100-mile Unbound Gravel! So make sure to ask him about that soon... -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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A new way to train: think different about how you improve on the bike
05/31/2024
A new way to train: think different about how you improve on the bike
Fun, flexibile and highly effective — that is the FasCat way to train. On this special episode, FasCat Founder Frank Overton explains how the FasCat App has incorporated all the most impactful pieces of FasCat training methodology in a customized format that scales to your available time and gives your real-time feedback to every single workout. There are a lot of old and perhaps outdated ways of thinking about training out there. Give this podcast a listen to understand a new way of training - that is fun, flexible and highly effective. -- Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Science-based, practical fueling for your big training rides and races
05/17/2024
Science-based, practical fueling for your big training rides and races
If you want to race well, you gotta pack in the carbs - before, during and after your big race. But exactly how does that work in real-world scenarios? And what exactly does the science say about it? On this podcast, we cover six subjects: -the science of carb loading and pre-ride nutrition -the practicality of that science -the science of how to fuel during an event -the practicality of eating a high volume of calories during an event -the thing of your neutron -fueling examples that work for us and our athletes Coach Christian Parrett and FasCat Founder Frank Overton tee you up with all the info and real-world examples you need to nail your next race - starting days before the event even starts. -- To get your nutrition - and training - dialed in by Coach Christian, hire him as a personal coach: Or Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required! 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 💥 Receive CUSTOM fueling recommendations per this podcast 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat.
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Trick our AI Coaching? CoachCat answers FasCat Athlete submitted training questions
05/14/2024
Trick our AI Coaching? CoachCat answers FasCat Athlete submitted training questions
Hello, listeners! We have a very different podcast for you today. We've taken your great questions that we normally answer with Coaches in our popular Ask a FasCat episodes and run them through our AI-powered CoachCat to answer them. Further, the questions are asked by an AI version of FasCat Founder Frank Overton. The real Frank explains how this experimental podcast will work at the start of the show, and then analyzes how it went along the way and at the end. As you probably know by now, AI can be surprisingly good with a number of things, but it lacks human judgement. At FasCat, we are excited to be using the latest technology alongside our professional Coaching with their real-life experienece, not simply choosing one or the other. Go see what AI-powered Coaching advice does with your own training inside the FasCat app, where the first month is free with no credit card required. https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 If you would like to use the same technology you heard in this podcast, visit our website start a free one month trial. No credit card is required and you can synch your ride and wearable data and start training like a pro for a fraction of the cost. 😸 Use CoachCat just like you would a real coach for a fraction of the price without having to wait for them to respond or analyze your data. 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat. Try FasCat for Free for the 1st Month ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/47rr7em4 - no credit card is required!
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Your gravel training is wrong. Here's what you should be doing
05/03/2024
Your gravel training is wrong. Here's what you should be doing
Gravel training is not the same as training for the road, and therefore you should pay attention to different power-based metrics. FTP is not as important nor is your peak 20-minute power. Nor your 5-minute power. So what should you be looking at and trying to improve? In this podcast, we give you the power-based metrics you should pay attention to for your gravel training and racing! What's important is how long you can ride hard. That's way more important than your 60-minute FTP power when it comes to gravel racing. In fact, you can have a low FTP but great 5-hour power. We can that strength 'diesel watts'. Are you a diesel? If so you are probably good at gravel racing! To see what effective gravel training is like including the new Gravel Power workout described in this podcast, try the FasCat app, where the first month is now free! 📆 Create a Custom Plan using unlimited training plans ⏰ Instant Data Analysis 💥 Custom Workout Recommendations 🧠 Training Plan Revisions 🚀 Auto FTP Detection 🤓 Plus we have connected your activity and wearable data to our AI Coach (CoachCat) to analyze your training-to-recovery balance. 🥦🥕🥗 And don't forget performance nutrition and weight loss meal plans a la Chef CoachCat. Hire Coach Andrew ➡️ Try FasCat for Free ➡️
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Lactate Truthers, FTP, Zone 2 & ERG Mode: Myth Busting
04/26/2024
Lactate Truthers, FTP, Zone 2 & ERG Mode: Myth Busting
Over the years, the internet has twisted the simple definition of FTP. We are here to bust those myths and set the record straight. Coach Jake and Frank also cover "Lactate Truthers", Zone 2 and finally our favorite the right and wrong usage of ERG mode. ERG mode is great but it can be harmful to your training so we discuss. -- The first month of the FasCat app is now FREE: https://fascatcoaching.com/pages/app You'll receive a custom trainning plan, unlimited training plan revisisons, custom workouts, Auto FTP detection, daily Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology + meal plans, and of course the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Ride Faster Now with FasCat Get started with your free month now: https://fascatcoaching.com/pages/app
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Achieve your best results with consistency. Here's how
04/19/2024
Achieve your best results with consistency. Here's how
For years FasCat has touted 'FTFP' - or follow the f'ing plan! But we realize life often gets in the way of executing a detailed training plan to the T. And that's okay! On this podcast, we talk about how you can adapt to life's winding road, make changes in your training as things come up, but still stay the course to achieving your goals. FasCat is here to help you stay consistent with two great options: you can hire a full-time professional coach or you can use our new FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, and of course the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Get started with your free month now:
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Will AI replace human coaches in endurance sports?
04/12/2024
Will AI replace human coaches in endurance sports?
Will AI replace human coaches in Endurance Sports? The short answer is YES. The long answer is No. No doubt, AI will 100% change how humans coach endurance athletes. Or at least the Coaches who adopt and embrace the technology. Gone are the days of a coach spending most of their time on training plan design, data analysis, custom workouts, scheduling and training plan revisions. AI automates those tasks, mind blowingly well. In fact, our very own CoachCat performs these tasks NOW. This frees up professional coaches to do what they do best, which is to guide athletes through their experience. On this podcast, FasCat Founder Frank Overton explains what AI is doing now in endurance sports coaching, what it could in the future, and what this means for professional coaches and athletes alike. Find out for yourself with a free month on the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, and of course the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Get started with your free month now:
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How to ace your first gravel race (of the season, or even ever!)
04/05/2024
How to ace your first gravel race (of the season, or even ever!)
Do you have your first gravel race coming up? Or perhaps you’ve already done a few in years past, but you’ve got your first gravel race of the season in your sights. Well, on this podcast, Coach and Ben Delaney walk you through five main tips so you will show up ready to have your best race. Coach Justin explains how to: 1 get your body ready 2 get your bike ready 3 plan out your nutrition 4 dial in your equipment and 5 practice, practice, practice everything on the all-important simulation ride -- Be sure to check out Coach Justin's page, where you can learn more about him and hire him as a personal coach: To start training for your best year yet, get a free month on the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, access to FasCat Coaches like Justin and now the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Get started with your free month now:
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5 must-know cycling nutrition strategies
03/29/2024
5 must-know cycling nutrition strategies
If you're interested in going fast, then paying attention to what, when and how much you eat on the bike is of huge importance. And the science and practice of on-bike nutrition has rocketed ahead recently, with the huge amount of carbohydrate consumed in particular being a major change from just a few short years ago. On this podcast, Coach Christian Parrett digs into what you need to know now to fuel your best races and intense training, based on the current science and how it applies to both elite pros and everyday Janes and Joes. Coach Christian raced professionally for a number of years, and has some funny as well as enlightening stories to tell, comparing what is happening in sports science now with how things worked - or didn't! - back in his day. We reference three links in the podcast: -a power-to-speed calculator where you can tweak parameters like your weight and speed and ground surface to see how that affects the amount of power required: -an energy gel made from Belgian beer beef stew, stoofvlees: -Coach Christian's page, where you can learn more about him and hire him as a personal coach: To start training for your best year yet, get a free month on the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, access to FasCat Coaches like Christian and now the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Get started with your free month now at .
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How I won The Mid South-The Lauren De Crescenzo interview
03/22/2024
How I won The Mid South-The Lauren De Crescenzo interview
Working with Coach Elliott Baring, FasCat athlete won her third Mid South this past weekend in dominant fashion. On this podcast Lauren and Elliott talk about how she trained to win this major 100-mile gravel race, the strategy and tactics and gear she used, what you can learn from her methodology, and what’s next on the calendar for the LDC. To start training for your best year yet, get a free month on the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, access to FasCat Coaches like Elliott and now the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Get started with your free month now at .
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Your best race yet? Try a multi-day event
03/15/2024
Your best race yet? Try a multi-day event
You know what's better than a great day of racing? Multiple days of racing, all stacked together. Whether a traditional stage race, a multi-day training camp or a race with some additional riding bolted on, there are a few ways to indulge in a big block on the bike, and on this podcast Coaches Sierra Sims and Ricky Arnopol join Ben Delaney to talk about fun and challenging road, mountain and gravel events that they have done and recommend, plus tips and strategies on how to get the most out of them. To start training for your best year yet, get a free month on the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, access to FasCat Coaches like Sierra and Ricky and now the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Get started with your free month now at .
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5 ways to race at your best
03/08/2024
5 ways to race at your best
‘Know thyself,’ Plato said. ‘And know thy course,’ Coach Allie says. With years of professional racing around the glove under her belt plus years of working with all levels of athletes, Coach Allie Legg knows what it takes to have a successful race. Here are her top 5 tips for having your best race. Know the course, make (and use!) a pre-race checklist, prepare your nutrition the night before, be smart with your efforts, and take a chance! To start training for your best year yet, get on the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, access to FasCat Coaches like Allie Legg and now the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Use the code IMAFASCAT to get a free month of FasCat at FasCatCoaching.com.
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Understanding race variables and other top tips from Coach Maddy Ward
03/01/2024
Understanding race variables and other top tips from Coach Maddy Ward
Listen to your body, know the variables, don’t treat travel as rest, go with the flow, don’t diet on the bike! Maddy Ward is a UCLA grad, a former pro with Tibco and InstaFund, and a new FasCat Coach who on this episode delivers her Top 5 Training & Racing Tips. To start training for your best year yet, get on the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, access to FasCat Coaches like Maddy Ward and now the new AI-powered technology CoachCat! Use the code IMAFASCAT to get a free month of FasCat at FasCatCoaching.com.
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New CoachCat AI technology delivers instant, interactive workout analysis & guidance
02/23/2024
New CoachCat AI technology delivers instant, interactive workout analysis & guidance
Getting better and faster on the bike just got a whole lot better and a whole lot faster. We are proud to announce CoachCat, an AI technology driven tool inside the FasCat App that delivers interactive workout analysis and guidance immediately upon upload of your workout. Based on decades of our coaching experience and the cutting edge of both sports science and AI technology, CoachCat analyses your workout file and provides detailed, supportive and actionable text feedback - just like a FasCat Coach. Further, you can ask CoachCat questions about the workout you just did, or a workout you have coming up. Things like, 'I only have an hour tomorrow but am feeling good, what should I do?' CoachCat provides workout guidance and workout suggestions regardless of whether you are following a plan. Say you want to just ride most days in the week, but then want a suggestion of a workout for one day. CoachCat will offer you a workout based on your parameters and even location, and then once you approve the workout, CoachCat will add it to your calendar so you can view the details and send it to your bike computer. This podcast is all about CoachCat and the future of training. Give it a listen! Better yet, go chat with CoachCat yourself! Use the coach IMAFASCAT to get a free month of the FasCat App, which includes unlimited training plans, the Optimize training-to-recovery balance technology, meal plans, access to FasCat Coaches and, now, CoachCat!
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How to test and build cycling durability
02/16/2024
How to test and build cycling durability
One of the new hot topics in training is a concept dubbed ‘durability.’ It’s being talked about by WorldTour coaches and being written about in cycling media. But what is durability really? Is it a new concept? Is it a metric? And most importantly, how do you train durability and test for it so that you can improve as a cyclist? On this podcast, Coaches Christian Parrett and Andrew Giniat dig into what it is, why it matters, and how you can improve it. -- Have you been enjoying the FasCat Podcast? Please leave us a review on the App Store or Google Play. Thanks! You can — your year-round training solution with unlimited training plans, meal plans, and strength and conditioning videos — with the code 25podcast.
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